“Enactments are powerful because our defenses have not held up; what has been hidden painfully and often surprisingly leaps or seeps out. This is the work of psychoanalysis proper. As difficult as enactments are, they teach us about ourselves and each other. Racial enactments are inevitable. As we work on changing structural racism, chipping away at the defenses that keep it invisible, unearthing difficult histories, and challenging the practices that keep it hidden, the emotions connected to racism inevitably surface. Thus, we believe racial enactments constitute a significant part of dealing with the racial life of organizations.”
– The Holmes Commission on Racial Equality
Academic Lecture, Winter 2024 “Othering Enactments in Psychoanalytic Organizations: Problems and Promises” with Anton Hart, PhD recorded on January 18, 2024.
The 2024 Faculty Development Workshop “No Way But Through: Learning Together from Othering Enactments” with guest speaker Usha Tummala-Narra recorded on April 27, 2024.
